HHS Awards MedImmune Contract to Manufacture Live Attenuated Nasal Spray Vaccine for Novel Influenza A (H1N1)

...uited for vaccinating against emerging influenza strains. LAIV is different from the injectable influenza vaccine ("flu shot") in that it is a gentle mist sprayed into the nose, where the influenza virus usually enters the body. It contains live vaccine virus strains that are weakened so as not to cause...

Video: Schering-Plough Introduces AFRIN(R) PureSea(TM): A Natural, Gentle Nasal Rinse From the Seas of Northern France

...ry -- Medium Stream, Gentle Mist, and Ultra-Gentle mist -- and can be found at most drug stores, mass reta...ores nationwide. Both the Medium Stream and Gentle mist are designed for use in adults and children ages 2 and older, and the Ultra-Gentle mist is designed for use in children 6 months and older...

Nebulized Formoterol Fumarate Has Comparable Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profile to Dry Powder Formulation

... metered-dose inhalers, and dry powder inhalers -- nebulizers require no special technique or coordination, as the medication is converted into a fine mist that the patient inhales through a mouthpiece or face-mask while breathing naturally.(2) Nebulization is an easy and effective method of delivering me...

Carrington Subsidiary DelSite Starts Making Test Batches of First Bird Flu Vaccine Offering Needle-free Self-Administration

...vaccines requiring needles, cold storage (2-8 degrees C), cold chain distribution (2-8 degrees C), and adjuvants and/or preservatives. Five were nasal mist vaccines with the same requirements except for needles, one was an influenza dermal patch, and two were powder formulations. Simply put, those requiri...

GelVac(TM) Nasal Powder H5N1 (Bird Flu) Influenza Vaccine Passes Preclinical Toxicology Studies

... technology which can greatly expand the availability and coverage of vaccines with its distinct advantages over current liquid needle-based and nasal mist formulation technologies." Dr. Turner added, "There is a true paradigm shift underway in vaccines from the classical needle delivery to a more user-...

Ventaira Pharmaceuticals Announces Acquisition of Assets by Battelle

... the lung. EHD is an electronic nebulization process in which an electrical field is applied to a conductive liquid leading to the formation of a soft mist droplet aerosol. Ventaira was spun out from Battelle in 2000. About Battelle Battelle provides solutions to some of the world's most important chall...

PARI Respiratory's LC PLUS & PRONEB Ultra Deliver Dey, L.P.'s New COPD Therapy; Perforomist Launched Yesterday

...d-dose inhalers, and dry powder inhalers -- nebulizers require no special technique or coordination, as the liquid medication is converted into a fine mist that patients inhale through a mouthpiece or face-mask while breathing naturally. Since nebulization is an easy, effective, and thorough method of del...

Mylan Inc. Subsidiary, Dey, L.P., Announces that Perforomist(TM) (Formoterol Fumarate) Inhalation Solution is Now Available for Maintenance Treatment of COPD

...ebulized form of this molecule. Nebulizers convert liquid medication into a mist that patients inhale through a mouthpiece or face mask. "In treating patie...ecial technique or coordination, as the medication is converted into a fine mist that the patient inhales through a mouthpiece or face-mask while breathing ...